Yannis M'Bemba

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Yannis M'Bemba
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-07-01) 1 July 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Amiens, France
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) [1]
Position(s) Central defender
Team information
Current team
 Dordrecht
Number 15
Youth career
2010–2011 Amiens SC
2011–2021 Nantes
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2020–2024 Nantes B 48 (2)
2021–2022 Nantes 2 (0)
2022–2023 → Le Puy (loan) 30 (0)
2024– Dordrecht 20 (0)
International career‡
2024– Gabon 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 January 2025 [2]
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 March 2024

Yannis M'Bemba (born 1 July 2001) is a professional footballer who plays for Dutch Eerste Divisie club Dordrecht. Born in France, he represents Gabon internationally.

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Early life

Yannis M'Bemba was born in Amiens, in a family with Gabonese and Congolese origins, growing up in Amiens while his mother worked in Paris. [1] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Club career

Having started his career at Amiens SC as a 9-year-old, M'Bemba quickly moved to Nantes, where his father was working, joining FC Nantes academy as an under-11. [1]

Having progressed from the youth teams to the reserve team, he signed his first professional contract with the club in April 2021. [7] [8]

After making several appearances on the bench as an unused substitute in both Ligue 1 and Coupe de France, [4] [5] [6] the young defender made his professional debut for FC Nantes on the 14 January 2022, replacing Sébastien Corchia in a 2–1 away Ligue 1 loss against Nice. [9]

On 1 July 2022, M'Bemba joined Le Puy in Championnat National on loan for the 2022–23 season. [10] The centre-back who played for FC Nantes two Ligue 1 games, was released with end of his contract, at FC Nantes on 30 May 2024. [11]

On 30 July 2024, M'Bemba signed with Dordrecht in the Netherlands. [12]

International career

Having made the pre-selections for France youth teams in his early years, [1] M'Bemba is also eligible for Gabon and Congo-Brazzaville as per his origins. [3] [4] [5] [6] M'Bemba first called to Gabon on 5 February 2024 [13] and made his debut for the Gabon national football team, in a friendly game vs Senegal national football team on 25 March 2024. [14]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Yannis Mbemba". Globalsport Archive. 14 April 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  3. 1 2 "Yannis M'Bemba rejoint la cour des grands" . Ouest-France . 23 April 2021. Retrieved 14 January 2022. Yannis M'Bemba, dont les origines se partagent entre le Congo et le Gabon, a passé les neuf premières années de sa vie à Amiens. C'est d'ailleurs au Amiens SC qu'il tape ses premiers ballons.
  4. 1 2 3 Delourme, Camille (19 December 2021). "Football: le week-end des Diables rouges et des Congolais de la diaspora en France". ADIAC. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  5. 1 2 3 Delourme, Camille (23 December 2021). "Football: les résultats des Diables rouges et des Congolais de la diaspora en France". ADIAC . Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  6. 1 2 3 Delourme, Camille (10 January 2022). "Football, le week-end des Diables rouges et des Congolais de la diaspora en Europe (Angleterre et France)". ADIAC. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  7. ↑ "Yannis M'Bemba signe un contrat professionnel avec le FC Nantes". Presse-Océan  [ fr ]. Ouest-France. 14 April 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  8. ↑ Willems (14 April 2021). "Nantes : un enfant du club signe son premier contrat professionnel". Foot National (in French). Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  9. ↑ Buet, Christopher (14 January 2022). "Nice 2-1 Nantes, Ligue 1, résultat et résumé du match". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  10. ↑ "Bienvenue au Puy Yannis M'Bemba" (in French). Le Puy. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  11. ↑ Aliwa, Amélia (14 January 2022). "Nice 2-1 Nantes, Ligue 1, résultat et résumé du match". Gabon Eco (in French). Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  12. ↑ "Yannis M'bemba versterkt FC Dordrecht" [Yannis M'bemba joins FC Dordrecht] (in Dutch). FC Dordrecht. 30 July 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
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